South Korea’s Joong Ang Ilbo newspaper reported that co-ordinated public executions took place in North Korea, in seven separate cities, earlier this month.
In Zambia, High Court judge Chalwe Mchenga sentenced four men to death, in two different cases.
At least seven prisoners were sent to the gallows in Iraq, bringing the number of known executions
the family of an old Saudi woman who was shot dead by a young relative after he mistook her
Ireland stopped funding an anti-drug programme in Iran because of concerns that drug traffickers
Secretary of Public Safety Frank Perry has approved a single-drug protocol for carrying
Four security personnel were sentenced to death after being found guilty by the High Court in Malaysia
Vietnam is mulling the resumption of execution by firing squad because of problems getting
Five prisoners were hanged in the prison of Jiroft (Kerman province, southeastern Iran), reported
Pakistani Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan categorically stated that the government did
the last country in the world systematically harvesting organs from executed prisoners - is to ban the practice next year according to a senior official.
The U.S. Department of Justice recently released its annual FBI Uniform Crime Report for 2012. The
To Mr Volker Turk - the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights and to Ms. Mai Sato - the UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Iran
